Broken Silicon
Moore's Law Is Dead, Bleav
One brother is an Engineer, and the other is a Scientist. Both are hilarious and discuss the latest news, rumors, and developments going on in the Computer Hardware and PC Gaming Space.
Broken Silicon is Brought to you by the Youtube Channel: Moore's Law Is Dead, and its creator Tom.
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Broken Silicon is Brought to you by the Youtube Channel: Moore's Law Is Dead, and its creator Tom.
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Oct 14, 2020 • 2h 28min
70. Big Navi Reveal, Nvidia's Answer to RDNA2, Zen 3 Slays Intel| AMD’s Giants Emerge
AMD revealed its market dominating products: Zen 3 & RDNA2! We discuss these products, Nvidia Ampere, Alder Lake, Rocket Lake, & PS5. [SPONSOR: 10% off & help MLID w/ code “BROKENSILICON”: https://ridgewallet.com/BROKENSILICON]
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0:00 Intro Banter – Favorite Memes?
12:30 AMD Reveals Zen 3 on October 8th – Start of Discussion
18:38 R7 5700X….or 5700G?
26:08 Comparing Zen 3 Pricing to Zen 1…Final Words on Pricing
36:46 Big Navi Reveal – Will AMD beat the RTX 3080?
51:37 AMD Infinity Cache – RDNA 2 could be “AMD’s Maxwell Moment”
1:02:35 AMD In Talks to Buy Xilinx
1:05:54 Intel Alder Lake & Sapphire Rapids Updates
1:15:00 Rocket Lake Expectations
1:21:45 Nvidia Quadro A6000 has double the Tensor Cores of 3090
1:28:10 Nvidia Ampere Availability, Updates to the “Ultimate Play”
1:39:35 RTX 3070 Performance, 16GB models
1:49:10 Nvidia RTX 4000 Series possibly being rushed out on TSMC
1:57:35 IBM Breaking Up
2:00:10 PlayStation 5 finally gets a Teardown
2:06:10 PS5 Storage Size
2:15:10 Scalpers & Shortages in the DIY Market
https://www.amd.com/en/events/gaming-2020
https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-ryzen-5000-zen3-support-rolling-out-to-amd-500-series-motherboards
https://youtu.be/SE5eYTIwoT0
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3585090/amd-radeon-rx-6000-big-navi-performance-tease-rtx-3080.html
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-rx-6000-series-gpus-to-support-the-av1-codec
https://adoredtv.com/amd-previews-radeon-rx-6000-series-gaming-performance-with-new-ryzen-5900x-cpu/
https://trademarks.justia.com/902/22/amd-infinity-90222772.html
https://youtu.be/IJHnaxZdeEk
https://wccftech.com/amd-files-new-project-quantum-patent-coming-back-from-the-dead/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amd-is-in-advanced-talks-to-buy-xilinx-11602205553?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=2
https://www.techpowerup.com/273143/amd-to-enter-the-fpga-market-in-advanced-talks-to-acquire-xilinx
https://youtu.be/pFIIUX1RWfg
https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-alder-lake-s-cpu-with-16-cores-and-32-threads-leaks-on-sisoftware-benchmark-website
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Tiger-Lake-H-Alder-Lake-P-and-Alder-Lake-S-detailed-Alder-Lake-to-offer-up-to-8C-16T-configs-with-Xe-LP-DDR5-4400-RAM-Wi-Fi-6E-and-PCIe-Gen5-support.496197.0.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
https://twitter.com/davideneco25320/status/1315332115530121218
https://wccftech.com/nvidia-intros-quadro-rtx-a6000-rtx-a40-ampere-powered-workstation-cards-48-gb-memory/
https://www.mooreslawisdead.com/post/nvidia-s-ultimate-play
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-ceo-geforce-rtx-3080-and-3090-shortages-to-last-until-2021
https://twitter.com/Avery78/status/1312805847475474434
https://twitter.com/mooreslawisdead/status/1312822947493670912
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/geforce-graphics-cards/5/402196/nvidia-store-update-geforce-rtx-3080-and-rtx-3090-/
https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-shares-official-geforce-rtx-3070-performance-figures
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-rtx-3070.c3674
https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-20gb-to-launch-in-december
https://twitter.com/chiakokhua/status/1257685298118451200
https://www.reuters.com/article/ibm-divestiture/ibm-to-break-up-109-year-old-company-to-focus-on-cloud-growth-idUSKBN26T1V1
https://youtu.be/CaAY-jAjm0w
https://videocardz.com/newz/sony-publishes-playstation-5-teardown-video
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Oct 7, 2020 • 1h 25min
69. AMD Market Share 2021, Nvidia’s Lead, Intel’s Future | Semiconductor Analyst Chris Rolland
Did wall street see AMD’s comeback coming? Do investment firms perceive the Ampere launch as more successful than Turing? How do investors see Intel’s future? Chris Rolland, Semiconductor Analyst at Susquehanna International Group, joins Tom to discuss.
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0:00 Who is our guest? What does a Sell Side Analyst do?
7:26 Remembering when AMD almost went out of business.
11:00 Nvidia’s Mining Boom (Fortnite boom lol)
15:30 Zen 1 – were Financial Analysts Impressed?
20:33 Intel’s 10nm “Faceplant” & failure to take AMD Seriously
30:11 AMD October 8th (Zen 3) Presentation Expectations
39:40 RDNA 2 Expectations, Thoughts on Turing & Ampere
46:50 AMD’s ability to take Market Share
54:40 How does Wallstreet view Ampere’s Launch?
59:50 The Nvidia ARM Deal
1:05:08 Intel’s Mountain of Cash – how much does it matter?
1:11:05 RISC-V
1:12:47 Is TESLA overvalued?
Chris: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-rolland-6412a179/
https://www.google.com/search?q=amd+stock+price+over+time&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS857US857&oq=amd+stock+price+over+time&aqs=chrome.0.0l2.3952j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
https://www.anandtech.com/show/14407/amd-ryzen-3000-announced-five-cpus-12-cores-for-499-up-to-46-ghz-pcie-40-coming-77
https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/amd-announced-the-ryzen-9-3950x-a-16-core-mainstream-processor
https://www.mooreslawisdead.com/post/nvidia-s-ultimate-play
https://twitter.com/mooreslawisdead/status/1312822947493670912
https://twitter.com/Avery78/status/1312805847475474434 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Sep 29, 2020 • 2h 3min
68. AMD RDNA 2, R9 5900X 5GHz, Nvidia Problems, Intel Tiger Lake | Eye of the Storm
Nvidia Ampere & Intel Tiger Lake are officially out, but next month should prove even crazier! RDNA 2, Zen 3, PS5, & XBOX Series X are right around the corner… This week feels like a temporary calm before an even bigger storm of gaming hardware news bombards us.
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0:00 Intro Banter
6:56 RDNA 2 Update & Hints
12:05 Zen 3 Update
21:01 Will Nvidia launch a Titan? Possible responses if RDNA2's great?
27:07 RTX 3090 Review Discussion & Quadro Ampere Leak
33:40 What went wrong with Ampere?
46:29 RTX 3080 Black Screens & Hardware Issues
58:21 RTX 3070 16GB, 3080 20GB, 3060 8GB
1:04:30 Nvidia SLI Cancelled
1:08:40 TSMC 5nm Wafer Costs, 3nm in 2023: Can Samsung keep up?
1:20:35 Intel Tiger Lake Reviews & Discussion
1:33:20 PS5 Oodle loads textures @17.38GB/s, compresses game sizes
1:40:10 AMD’s DLSS, Console storage sizes [Final Reader Mail]
1:50:25 RDNA 2 Availability, RDNA 3 Talk
https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-9-5900x-vermeer-12-core-24-thread-cpu-allegedly-up-to-5-ghz-150w-tdp/
https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-7-5800x-vermeer-8-core-16-thread-zen-3-cpu-benchmark-leaks-out/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvU_thLGEoM&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=Moore%27sLawIsDead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTeXh9x0sUc&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=GamersNexus
https://www.techspot.com/review/2105-geforce-rtx-3090/
https://youtu.be/Cf6g9U44NLU
https://www.igorslab.de/en/simple-pad-mod-for-the-force-rtx-3080-founders-edition-slowers-the-gddr6x-temperature-by-a-whopping-8-degrees/
https://twitter.com/BradChacos/status/1310685745133350912
https://videocardz.com/newz/geforce-rtx-3080-sees-increasing-reports-of-crashes-in-games
https://videocardz.com/newz/msi-quietly-changes-geforce-rtx-3080-gaming-x-trio-design-amid-stability-concerns
https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-owners-report-fewer-crashes-after-updating-drivers
https://www.techpowerup.com/272676/nvidia-aib-partners-clarify-rtx-3080-3090-crash-to-desktop-issues-capacitor-choices
https://www.techpowerup.com/272685/nvidia-releases-game-ready-456-55-whql-driver-with-improved-stability-of-rtx-3000-series-cards-support-for-star-wars-squadrons
https://twitter.com/VideoCardz/status/1310652510324035586
https://twitter.com/hms1193/status/1310613063742164996
https://videocardz.com/newz/gigabyte-confirms-geforce-rtx-3060-8gb-rtx-3070-16gb-and-rtx-3080-20gb
https://www.techpowerup.com/272378/nvidia-will-stop-creating-sli-driver-profiles-after-january-2021
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/game-ready-drivers/13/240783/sooo-will-gears-ever-get-sli-support/
https://www.mooreslawisdead.com/post/nvidia-s-ultimate-play
https://www.techspot.com/news/86813-analysts-believe-single-tsmc-5nm-wafer-costs-17000.html
https://twitter.com/chiakokhua/status/1306437988801486848
https://www.techpowerup.com/272670/tsmc-ramps-up-3-nm-node-production
https://www.hardwaretimes.com/intel-reportedly-cancels-rocket-lake-u-8-core-tiger-lake-u-ddr5-alder-lake-p-in-pipeline/
https://twitter.com/mooreslawisdead/status/1309631197639835653
https://www.anandtech.com/show/16084/intel-tiger-lake-review-deep-dive-core-11th-gen/14
https://www.notebookcheck.net/PlayStation-5-I-O-unit-gets-seriously-souped-up-to-a-potential-17-38-GB-s-bandwidth-thanks-to-potent-combination-of-Oodle-Kraken-and-Oodle-Texture.496015.0.html
https://wccftech.com/ps5-io-system-to-be-supercharged-by-oodle-texture-bandwidth-goes-up-to-17-38gb-s/
https://cbloomrants.blogspot.com/2020/09/how-oodle-kraken-and-oodle-texture.html?m=1
https://www.tweaktown.com/news/75401/xbox-series-os-takes-up-131gb-of-ssd-space-or-14-storage-memory/index.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=tweaktown Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Sep 22, 2020 • 2h 15min
67. AMD Zen 3 Milan, RDNA2 vs Ampere, Nvidia buying ARM | Level1techs Wendell
Wendell from Level1Techs joins Tom to discuss the latest in Silicon. Nvidia buying ARM, AMD Zen 3, Ampere, RDNA 2, & XBOX.[SPONSOR: https://www.cdkoffers.com/]
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0:00 Intro Banter (Linux People)
4:30 What did Wendell expect from Zen 1 in 2016?
13:10 Zen 3 and Intel’s Situation
17:08 Threadripper Milan, Intel’s Latency Advantage
30:11 Zen 2 Rome’s weaknesses
35:11 Monolithic AMD vs big.LITTLE Intel, Lucienne APU Info
47:22 Small Form Factor & APU future, Edge Computing
1:00:14 Ampere Availability & Price Manipulation, is FE > AIB?
1:11:48 Nvidia Ampere Performance, The future of Ray Tracing
1:24:20 RDNA 2 Info, Should anyone wait for Hopper/RDNA3?
1:37:35 Console Availability, Microsoft buying Bethesda
1:43:40 Nvidia buying ARM Discussion
1:57:40 Desktop ARM, RISC-V Adoption, Apple Silicon, IBM Power10
Level1Techs YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4w1YQAJMWOz4qtxinq55LQ
Level1Techs Forum: https://forum.level1techs.com/
https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3090-gaming-performance-review-leaks-out
MLID confirming 256-bit: https://youtu.be/EvU_thLGEoM
MLID confirming 10752 Cuda Core 48GB GA102: https://youtu.be/bx8RwwPNHKM
https://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-rx-6000-series-navi-21-16-gb-navi-22-12-gb-gpu-vram/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnarcher/2020/09/20/lg-oled-tvs-having-issues-with-latest-nvidia-rtx-30-graphics-cards/#30c4b41d267a
https://www.notebookcheck.net/PS5-and-Xbox-Series-X-next-gen-consoles-could-face-shortages-until-mid-2021.494964.0.html
https://www.cnet.com/news/xbox-expansion-microsoft-buys-fallout-maker-bethesdas-parent-company-for-7-5b/
https://www.mooreslawisdead.com/post/nvidia-s-ultimate-play
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Sep 17, 2020 • 2h 9min
66. Nvidia RTX 3080 Reviews, PS5 Price & Launch, AMD RDNA 2 | The Storm is Here
The Gaming Hardware Seasons is officially here! We discuss Nvidia RTX 3080 reviews, buying ARM, Big Navi, PlayStation 5, and XBOX Series S.
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0:00 Nvidia Buying Arm & Intro Banter
9:00 Important Questions
11:23 Corrections & Omissions
19:16 Start of Ampere Discussion
22:48 Nvidia Ampere Reviews & Thoughts
40:06 Clarifying our thoughts on Power Usage & Performance Gains
45:31 Ampere Mining Performance
47:56 Titan 48GB & Quadro 6000
57:41 Nvidia Pricing Manipulation
1:04:46 AMD Big Navi Coolers, Software, and Specs
1:19:04 CDNA 2 & MI200 Early Info
1:25:17 PlayStation 5 Pricing & Release Date Reveal
1:39:36 PlayStation 5 50% yields?!
1:42:00 XBOX Series S Performance & SSD
1:54:07 Intel 8-Core Tiger Lake
1:55:39 Final Reader Mail
Gamers Nexus 3080 is “Only 25% in 4K”:
https://youtu.be/oTeXh9x0sUc?t=1747
https://www.techspot.com/review/2099-geforce-rtx-3080/
https://youtu.be/oTeXh9x0sUc
https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3618-nvidia-rtx-3080-founders-edition-review-benchmarks
https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/9582/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-founders-edition-the-superman-of-gpus/index.html#Benchmarks-1080p
https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-ethereum-daggerhashimoto-mining-performance
https://youtu.be/EvU_thLGEoM
https://www.mooreslawisdead.com/post/nvidia-s-ultimate-play
https://youtu.be/BR70xbcwB6U
https://twitter.com/mooreslawisdead/status/1303136104019898368
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2020/09/final_fantasy_xvi_announced_ps5_console_exclusive_gameplay_trailer
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2020/09/sony_confirms_ps5_games_will_cost_more
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-15/sony-is-said-to-cut-ps5-forecast-by-4-million-due-to-chip-woes
https://www.gamespot.com/amp-articles/ps5-sony-denies-launch-supply-of-consoles-has-been-reduced/1100-6482165/
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-09-15-sony-reportedly-cuts-ps5-production-by-4m-units
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/xbox-series-x-specs-price-features
https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/9/21428764/xbox-game-pass-ea-play-subscription
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Sep 9, 2020 • 2h 20min
65. XBOX Series S & PlayStation 5 Strategy Talk with Innocenceii
Game Pass vs Exclusives. New features vs Big Numbers. Green vs Blue. Tom & J.R. discuss the differing strategies from Microsoft and Sony’s next gen consoles. How can the PlayStation 5 make it’s proven model succeed again? How can XBOX Series X make it’s new business model endure?
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0:00 J.R.’s Background
5:20 Console vs PC Gaming Tech Writers
18:10 Do Specs win console wars?
23:30 Why did the SEGA Dreamcast fail – Was it ahead of its time?
29:01 Learning the wrong lessons from PS3 & XBOX One
37:36 Overcorrecting for Fanboys
43:11 Tunnel Vision can cause good ideas to become bad ideas…
46:13 XBOX vs Sony’s strategy. Exclusives vs Game Pass.
56:14 How Sony could screw up with what used to be good decisions
1:09:10 RTX 3070 & Ampere vs Consoles
1:20:00 TFLOPs vs Gaming Performance
1:34:50 SSD Prices
1:39:33 How much does the PS5 5 cost to make? Cost to buy?
1:45:20 Comparing Sony to Intel & Nvidia
1:57:45 Final Reader Mail
J.R.’s Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDMF4SaMIIfltWQcLTrYMrw
https://youtu.be/KHLfCFMKxPg
https://www.gamesradar.com/no-ps5-related-news-this-week-sony-pours-cold-water-on-state-of-play-rumours/
https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/7/21426800/xbox-series-s-price-design-photo-leak-lockhart
https://twitter.com/Xbox/status/1303230071033880576
https://www.thesixthaxis.com/2020/09/08/ps5-pre-order-price-release-date-game-playstation-5/
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2020/09/poll_how_much_are_you_willing_to_pay_for_ps5
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Sep 3, 2020 • 2h 31min
64. Nvidia RTX 3080 Core Count, AMD RDNA 2, Intel Tiger Lake | Ampere Graphics Odyssey
Nvidia just unveiled their RTX 3090, 3080, & 3070 flagship Graphics Cards this week. We discuss CUDA Core counts & reliability, & also how they will stack up against RDNA 2, PS5, & XBOX. We also dig into the Intel Tiger Lake reveal.
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0:00 Intro Banter, Dan got a New Laptop!
11:30 Corrections & omissions
17:35 Intel Tiger Lake Reveal
25:19 Nvidia MX450 PCIE 4.0
32:10 Will the next 2 years of GPUs be as exciting as 2020’s releases?
35:40 Which card should 4-core owners buy? PCIE 4.0 w/ Ampere.
42:49 RTX 3000 Ampere Reveal (Beginning of discussion)
58:00 Has Ampere changed my opinion on the consoles or RDNA 2?
1:01:05 Is the Ampere CUDA Count real? Is Ampere really on 8nm?
1:14:54 Ampere Reliability concerns…
1:17:10 SUPER Cards, 3070 16GB, RTX Titan 48GB
1:24:20 AMD RDNA 2 Questions
1:31:45 TSMC 2nm and Nvidia’s future with Samsung…
1:38:14 RX 5300 launch
1:42:01 PS5 Release Date…Will PS5 ship before we even know price?!
1:51:45 XBOX Series S confirmed, Is R&D part of the consoles cost?
2:00:20 SSD’s are already required in upcoming 2020 Games…
2:06:09 Nintendo Switch 2 & The Future of Wireless Charging
2:13:10 Does Nvidia intentionally nerf their cards with driver updates?
2:15:35 Does RDNA 2 need more CUs? Does Ampere need VRAM?
2:23:30 Opening actual Reader Mail! (Final Absolution from MI)
https://www.anandtech.com/show/16063/intel-launches-11th-gen-core-tiger-lake-processors-and-evo-branding
https://www.notebookcheck.net/All-core-4-3-GHz-at-28-W-Intel-announces-the-11th-gen-Tiger-Lake-lineup-for-laptops-Full-specs-SKUs-and-preliminary-performance-comparison.490934.0.html
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3572593/nvidia-quietly-launches-the-geforce-mx450-with-pcie-4-support-for-laptops.html
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/30-series/?nvid=nv-int-gfhm-10484
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/rtx-io-gpu-accelerated-storage-technology/
https://youtu.be/odvUvAae4hg
https://youtu.be/cWD01yUQdVA
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https://wccftech.com/playstation-5-seemingly-delayed-rest-of-the-world/
https://www.gamesradar.com/report-suggests-ps5-will-launch-november-13/
https://www.techspot.com/news/86607-microsoft-indirectly-confirms-xbox-series-s-again.html
https://www.pcgamer.com/world-of-warcraft-pc-system-requirements/
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/powercasts-switch-wireless-charging
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Aug 27, 2020 • 2h 28min
63. Nvidia GA102, Intel’s Future, Fabless AMD, TSMC | SemiWiki Founder Daniel Nenni
The founder of SemiWiki.com joins Tom to discuss everything Silicon. Will Intel go fabless? Can Nvidia use multiple nodes for Ampere? Can anyone challenge TSMC? What's after 3nm?
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0:00 Silicon Valley in the 1980’s
8:00 “Real Men have Fabs!”
11:11 Fabs Overseas
16:20 Comparing “Big Silicon” to “Big Pharma”
28:50 The advantageous of going fabless
44:20 The long 28nm Era, Nvidia’s Blame Game, The rise of TSMC
57:11 Could Nvidia Ampere GA102 be on both Samsung & TSMC?
1:16:24 AMD’s decision to go fabless, and will Intel follow?
1:24:10 The future of Global Foundries & TSMC
1:40:00 US-China Tradewar, and its affect on TSMC
1:55:00 How bad is it inside Intel?, 3nm & Beyond
2:07:00 Graphene and After Silicon
2:14:00 Will Nvidia Buy ARM, RISC-V
https://semiwiki.com/
https://www.intc.com/investor-relations/events-and-presentations/events-calendar/default.aspx
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/free-copy-fabless-transformation-semiconductor-industry-daniel-nenni-1/
https://fortune.com/2020/08/10/us-china-trade-war-semiconductors-chips-tsmc-chipmakers/
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Aug 19, 2020 • 2h 41min
62. Nvidia Ampere VRAM & Pricing, 5GHz Zen 3, AMD Navi 22| A Bigger Storm is Coming
The XBOX presentation at Hot Chips finally gave us some firm details on RDNA 2, & Nvidia Ampere is shaping up to be a potentially incredible upgrade as well. Fresh off of Hot Chips, we have a lot more to talk about too – Intel Ice Lake Server, Xe, RDNA 3, and PS5 rumors.
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0:00 Intro Banter & Important Questions
10:43 Corrections (GOG+EPIC Partnership, Horizon Performance on PC)
19:43 Ice Lake 28-Core, Rocket Lake, IBM Power 10 (Hot Chips 32)
30:13 XBOX reveals Navi 22 Performance & RDNA 2 Architecture
44:40 Zen 3 at 5GHz, (WARNING) Rampant Speculation about APU Naming Schemes
59:58 Intel Alder Lake, Tiger Lake, Xe, Intel 7nm, Intel Data Breach
1:12:33 How many false leaks are there? Where do MLID leaks come from?
1:17:43 RDNA 3 has an I/O Die, Hopper is MCM, Xe’s Future (The Mega GPU Video)
1:29:00 RTX 3090 24GB is $1400? RTX 3080 is 20GB?!
1:42:46 Could Ampere be on 5nm? Worry about Ampere reliability if true…
1:50:54 Apple is at war with everyone!
1:53:35 Nvidia Ampere Launch Date & Availability
2:01:10 XBOX Series S Confirmed
2:15:12 Halo Infinite Delay -> This means something
2:25:00 “PS5 struggles with 1080p60”
2:29:08 Will PCIE 3.0 Bottleneck Ampere? (Start of final reader mail)
https://youtu.be/bT-0Arz1E8E
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Aug 12, 2020 • 1h 39min
61. Quantum Computing, Threats to Encryption | Quantum Researcher
How close are we to useful Quantum Computers? Are they a threat to mankind? Will they run Crysis? Tom interviews a quantum researcher to try and explain what “Quantum Computers” actually are, and what they will be used for… [Recorded in Early July, 2020]
0:00 Intro to Quantum
6:00 Are there secret CIA Quantum Computers?
11:58 Short term Limitations of Quantum & Futurism Tech
18:00 Threats to Encryptions & Cryptocurrencies
24:45 Devs – Is Quantum Computing a threat to mankind?
34:00 Is the race to get Quantum an “Arm’s Race”?
44:45 Is there a chance Quantum Computing is “Pixie Dust”?
52:30 What will Quantum actually be used for anytime soon?
58:40 What are “Quantum Researches” mostly doing right now?
1:07:55 Quantum Computing in Video Games
1:13:20 What Quantum Jobs are available?
1:24:35 Long Term what Quantum will allow us to do (Avoiding Brute Force Computing)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_computing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlzJyp3Qm7s&feature=emb_logo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devs
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